Media Markt/Saturn is Europe's largest retailer of consumer electronics. The outlet is known for its funny, but crude advertising campaigns - its main slogan is "I am not stupid!" In the Saturn store in the Rivas H2Ocio shopping mall, Madrid, they use pirate Blu-ray rips to sell Apple hardware. Stupid…
TV-shows are some of the most wanted files on BitTorrent, and according to some, it’s becoming the modern day TiVo. But what are all those people sharing?
Today the Malaysian government ordered prominent webhosting provider Shinjiru to close down BitTorrent site LeechersLair.com. The order came from the Content, Consumer and Network Security Division of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission.
Several UK mobile broadband providers have started to block access to The Pirate Bay as part of a new voluntary code of practice. The reason for the block is not related to copyright infringement, but most likely due to the fact that there are 'adult' torrents hosted on the site.
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, ‘The Uninvited' tops the chart this week followed by ‘Fast & Furious 4’.
Several private BitTorrent trackers including Nordicbits, Powerbits, Piratebits, MP3nerds and Wolfbits, have closed down after the Pirate Bay verdict came in last Friday. Other trackers are set to follow this example in what could be the greatest voluntary tracker collapse ever.
The website of the music industry lobby group IFPI is suffering from an organized DDoS attack and has been unresponsive for the past few hours. The attack was organized by Pirate Bay supporters who don't agree with the sentences handed out to the four defendants.
This brand new episode of TorrentFreak TV is a Pirate Bay trial special covering the verdict and its implications. Aside from the latest file-sharing news we review the Tribler BitTorrent client and introduce a new segment called Your Words!